IBM Cognos Mobile is a new feature introduced in Cognos BI Version 10.1. Cognos Mobile carries features to view reports directly on smartphones and tablets. These reports may include reports authored by Query Studio, Report Studio, or Analysis Studio. These reports can be downloaded. To make Cognos Mobile work, several components are needed on the IBM Cognos BI server, and users accessing Cognos reports on mobile device require a native client on the smartphone.
Cognos Mobile supports in displaying content-rich reports on mobile handsets. It also supports the Cognos BI prompt functionality and scheduling. In case of loss of mobile, Cognos BI Administrator now has the capability to remotely remove sensitive contents from the device. There is, however, a restriction to install the same version of Cognos both for Mobile and BI server.